# dàn
## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* dan — nonstandard

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Romanization

dàn (dan$^4$, Zhuyin ㄉㄢˋ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 亳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 但
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 僤 / 𫢸
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啗
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啿
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噉
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚪 / 𫫦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帎
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弾
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 彈 / 弹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惐
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 憚 / 惮
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 憺
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 担
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擒
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 旦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暺
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 氮
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 沊
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淡
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潬 / 𬈁
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潭
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 澴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 澹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狚
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疍
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疶
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癉 / 瘅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癚
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矲 / 𰦜
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禫
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 膵
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 舕
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萏
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛋
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蜏
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蜑
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蟹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 觛
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 訑 / 𫍙
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詷 / 𫍣
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誕 / 诞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 诞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 贅 / 赘
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 贊 / 赞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉭 / 钽
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霮
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餢
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 饏
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 馾
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髧
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴠 / 𱉗
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黮

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd̥aːn/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish dán m (“gift, bestowal, endowment, present; skill in applying the principles of a special science; science; skill applied to the material or subject-matter of art; artistic faculty, art; especially the poetic faculty; the art of poetry; poem, song, verse, rhyme; an industrial pursuit of a skilled nature; a craft, trade, business, office, calling, profession; a profession as represented by its practisers collectively, the members of a trade as a body; an occupation, function, business; an allotted task; a payment”).

#### Noun

dàn m (genitive singular dàin, plural dàin or dàna or dàintean)
* destiny, fate; decree, predestination
* poem, song; verse
* treasure
* work

##### Derived terms

* dàn an àir m (“the song of battle”)
* Dàn Sholaimh m (“the Song of Solomon”)
* dàn-aoghaireil m (“pastoral poem”)
* dàn-cluiche m (“dramatic poem”)
* dàn-cruite m (“lyric poem”)
* dàn-mór m (“epic poem”)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Irish dána, from Old Irish dánae, according to Stokes, from the root of sense 1 above.

#### Adjective

dàn
* bold, daring, intrepid, resolute
* confident, audacious, presumptuous, forward, impudent

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “dàn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [zaːn˨˩]
* (Huế) IPA: [jaːŋ˦˩]
* (Saigon) IPA: [jaːŋ˨˩]

### Verb

dàn • (𢵧)
* to put in order, to arrange
* to display

#### See also

* dàn bài
* dàn dựng
* dàn nhạc
* dàn xếp